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Charleston, Mississippi - 3 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist #33 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,109 per pupil, East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist ranks #54 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
853
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,109
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist operates 3 public schools serving 853 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Tallahatchie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,109 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 22.4% local, 41.4% state, and 36.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 67/100, ranked #33 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 195.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.3% African American, 7.2% White, 0.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Charleston Elementary School, with a diversity index of 29.2/100.
Its largest campus is Charleston Elementary School, enrolling 316 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Charleston Elementary School accounts for 37.0% of all East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist student-counselor ratio is 195:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 45.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist?
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 853 students.
How much does East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist spend per student?
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist spends $12,109 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #33 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist?
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist students are 86.3% African American, 7.2% White, 0.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist?
East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #33 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.